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M. FISHMAN.

DRAWERS, OVERALLS, AND PANTALOONS.

No. 283,992. Patented Aug. 28, 1.883.

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MILFORDFISHMAN, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

DRAWERS, I OVERALLS, AND PANTALOONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,992, dated August 28, 1883. Application filed February 20, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I', MILFORD FISHMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at WVashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Drawers, Overalls, and Pantaloons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to means for enabling the more ready and perfect adjustment of size of the waistband. of drawers, overalls, and pantaloons; and it consists in forming the top band in two separate pieces, of such length as to have at the back of the garment overlapping tongues or straps. The back of the garment is slit down for a short distance below the top band, to enable the drawing together of the goods without bunching. The outer strap is slit vertically for the passage of the inner, the ends of both straps being retained by buckles or buttons on the top band.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view, from the front of a pair of drawers, illustrating my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear end, and Fig. 3 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 4. is a front elevation of a modified'form of my invention.

A represents a pair of drawers, to which is sewed the waistband, made in two parts, BB. At the back of the drawers the cloth is removed so as to leave at O a slit or opening,-which is more or less closed by the drawing up and narrowing of the waist, thus avoiding the bunching of the material. The ends of the waistband B B, at the back, are left free and are made of such length as to overlap, the overlapping portion being cut away or tapered to form strapsbb. The band B is slit vertically at d for the passage of the strap b, which is passed under the strap 1), and, emerging at the slit (1, is fastened by buckle, or by a button or one of anumber of buttons, f. To the band B is sewed a retaining-loop, (1, through which the strap b is passed, and on the farther side of the loop the band is provided with buckle e or buttons for the attachment of strap 6.

At Fig. 4: I have shown a modified form of drawers, in which the back is entirely closed, the front being slit as usual, and, instead of being fastened by buttons in the usual way, the

top band is extended in front and fastened on I either side, by button or buckle, according to my invention.

It is also obvious that the buckles or buttons, instead of being all at the back, may bebrought farther forward on each side, so asto enable the tightening and fastening of the band entirely from the front. In the drawings Ihave shown the employment on one side of buttons, and on the other of a buckle. It is apparent that the positions of these may be transferred or either buttons or buckles employed to the exclusion of the other.

I have found it best in making to shape the front ends of the waistband, as shown at G in Fig. 1, with the under flap cut so as to extend farther under at its lower end, this causing the garment to fit closer and more neatly to the person when buttoned up and drawn tight by means of my improved adjusting device.

By making the waistband in two parts and slitting the garment at the back, as described, I provide a simple means of drawing up the waist, and thus preventing the falling of the drawers below the hips, without bunching or crowding the material, producing a garment more neat and more cheaply made than those in which separate waistband and tighteningstrap are employed.

While I have herein described my invention as applied to drawers only, it is obvious that it is equally applicable to other garments, such as pantaloons and overalls.

In applying the invention to pantaloons I may extend the sides of the slit 0, so as to nearly or quite cover the orifice.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as newtherein and desire to. secure by Letters Patent:

The drawers having the cut-away portion 0 at the back, the two-part waistband B B, formed of continuous pieces, the ends of which overlap, and the band B, being slit at (l for the passage of the band B, in combination with the retaining-loop d and the buckles c, all as herein shown and described.

MILFORD FISHMAN.

WVitnesses:

HARRY E. KNIGHT, WM. S. Snvnns. 

